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Transfers Summer Transfer Thread 2023! - Closed (Maybe)

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Rebrov_Likes said:
Maybe, but he still works as a transfer on many levels. Firstly, his output has been amongst the best attacking midfielders in the PL in a rotting team. Secondly, he’s the kind of player that will help Kane score goals, be it from set pieces, through balls or crosses. Thirdly he’s a player that two of the best recruitment departments in the league wanted to sign, Woolwich before they got Odegaard, and Newcastle.

You just have to accept that when it comes to transfers of £50m or more of course Levy is gonna be involved. That’s a lot of money and he’s gonna want to make sure he can structure it to favour us as much as possible.
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Not questioning any of that.

BUT

The fact is that we have been after Maddison through different managers and front office staff.
the one common denominator in all that time is Levy and we really don't want him involved in choosing targets.

Doesn't mean Maddison won't be a good signing.
 
ArtyB said:
Can't fucking wait for the football to start...

Then we'll know exactly what Postecoglou's system is and which player will or will not fit in it...

And not have to rely on simulations ran in some cunt's mind...
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Half ways through chuckling it dawned on me said simulations will increase exponentially once the footie has started to enable the fantasy football experts to show AP where he's going wrong.
 
Château NoHo said:
Counterpoint: WBs are a bullshit position for a bullshit formation.

Is there a single player on the planet that is only a WB?

We have enough wingers and FBs.
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I’m not a huge fan of 3cb systems myself. But I wouldn’t exactly call them bullshit.

I don’t know about “only” a wing back, but there’s definitely some that are better suited to either role (WB or fb). Ie WB Porro, Trippier, Hakimi FB Walker, Royal

Château NoHo said:
Situationally, I agree.

As a default, no.

Trying to think of the last (typical -- not Pep-styled) back 3/5 team to win anything elite.

Even Mexico's ditched it, which is something.
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Tuchel’s Chelsea won the CL a couple of years ago I think. Conte’s Inter and SerieA three seasons ago.

I would also say the last time Spurs played good football was 16-17 in a 3cb system. (3421).

But in general, I’m not a fan either.
 
Bill Madrid said:
I'm guessing the rarity of such deals is often because there's too much of a difference in the two clubs' valuation of the makeweight.

The value of anything is what someone is prepared to pay. If, for example, we invited bids for Harry Wink of any price and then received none at all, not even a derisory £10,000, then Winks' value is effectively £0. So in this case Leicester would be justified in saying (from a financial point of view) that we were trying to get their highly-valued player at a cut price.

I imagine it's an issue in accounting terms, they have to record the asset that is Winks at "fair value", an auditor would want to know what his nominal fee was as part of the Maddison deal.
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Apparently Twitter is now saying Leiectser are interested in Winks (nothing to do with my reply, obviously!)

But 8t would make sense, maybe for one of our English players like him or Tanganga to go there... Who's to say they won't help them return to the PL and play there NEXT season???
 
scarletjim said:
Ahead of Tapsoba / VDV, given their profiles? I don't watch much football outside of the PL myself, so I definitely can't say, but those on here who do watch seem to think they would fit us very well - would PT fit as well as them?
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I haven't seen much of Torres, only in Europe when Villarreal have played an English team. Always thought he looked a classy player in fairness, albeit slow, but it's only a handful of games. But if he's really not that good then that's fair enough.
 
spurs9 said:
If you mean Stones recently, then he isn't playing as an inverted FB, he is playing as a #6.

When Pep was using inverted FBs, he was using mainly using Cancelo, Walker and Lewis, though he did try Ake and Stones there, but only a few times.
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By the end of the season Walker & Lewis were barely playing and Cancelo has already been farmed out.
 
Steve007 said:
Straight swap for Maddison please. Thanks Leicester.
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Great point by Wellsey Wellsey about the Vorm and Davies deal.
Supposedly Norwich have a 15% sell on clause.

www.sportskeeda.com

Swansea's Ben Davies and Michel Vorm move to Tottenham in swap deal for Gylfi Sigurdsson and cash

Swansea's Ben Davies and Michel Vorm move to Tottenham in swap deal for Gylfi Sigurdsson and cash.
www.sportskeeda.com www.sportskeeda.com
 
Bit of an insulting offer from Bayern, but in negotiations you never go in with your maximum offer from the off. They'd need to stump up at least £80m guaranteed to get Levy to sit at the table.


If Kane does push to leave now, then we need to sell him as quickly as possible to give Ange a good time period to replace him.
 
Maddison would be a good signing for anything under £50m (total outlay) in the current climate.

We desperately need creativity in the middle from someone other than Kane, and we also lack players who can shoot from range in central positions.

...but he does lose possession a lot and his defending has gone backwards so I can't see him playing in a midfield two. It would have to be in front of Bentancur + Other... which would suggest wingbacks again.
 
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